Even if I don't wish to attend tonight's festivities, I suppose I must. I do so hate having my hair curled -- and the dress that was chosen for me tonight isn't even a period eighteenth century dress. The fashion is perhaps loosely reminiscent if one squints. And turns one's head sideways ( Read more... )

[The sound cuts on perhaps a bit too abruptly, as if turning on her network device had been mid-sentence or an afterthought.]

Did anyone -- has anyone seen... me? I thought I saw... but then she...

It was like she just vanished.

[The sound of hurried footsteps.]

Oh, right.

[Audio cuts off.]

[the camera rocks and shakes from an unsteady hand before it finds its tripod on a desk ( Read more... )

[the footage is grainy, slightly out of focus, and perhaps... is that a rose coloured filter, or are your screen's knobs turned funny again? you can see, lower down in the frame, the head of a red-haired girl and the tip of a book. the book is large, and the cover has no pictures on it; it therefore must be something weighty and scholarly. the ( Read more... )